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- Reporting from the Front: 6 Months in 5 Minutes
- Slab House / Bureau de Change Architects
- Sonnesgade 11 / SLETH architects
- Tokyo Plaza / Nikken Sekkei
- The Yoga Pavilion at Four Seasons / IBUKU
- House in Somedonocho / ICADA
- The Acute House / OOF! architecture
- Manzeum / Modus Studio
- CEBRA to Design Green-Roofed, Underground Visitor Center in Southern Denmark
- Atelier VC / Vázquez Consuegra
- What Motivates and Inspires UN Studio's Ben Van Berkel?
- OMA Announced as "Creative Mediators" for Manifesta 12 in Palermo
- Beach House / Cibinel Architecture
- How Denmark's $1.2 Billion Cutback Forces Architecture Schools to Rethink Their Priorities
- Norman Foster Selected To Remodel Museo del Prado Hall of Realms in Spain
- The Parking Silo & Business Hive / TANK Architectes
- 11 Stunning Axonometric Drawings of Iconic Chilean Architecture
- These Amazing Kitchens Will Up Your Thanksgiving Game
| Reporting from the Front: 6 Months in 5 Minutes Posted: 24 Nov 2016 08:00 PM PST This week the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale—Reporting From the Front—will close. Six months have passed and hundreds of thousands of architects, urbanists, designers and tourists have perused both the National Participations (of which more were represented this year than ever before) and the central exhibition curated by Alejandro Aravena – the first South American to direct the most prestigious event on the architectural calendar. ArchDaily has compiled our most extensive coverage of the event and, as the 15th incarnation of Biennale shuts its gates for the last time, our collection of articles, interviews and publication excerpts remains permanently accessible. Before then, however, we invite you to take a look at our short film—presented in collaboration with PLANE—SITE—which celebrates the breadth and value of the hundreds of exhibitions and installations that have been on display. .jpg?1480021556 "© Laurian Ghinitoiu") © Laurian Ghinitoiu This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Slab House / Bureau de Change Architects Posted: 24 Nov 2016 07:00 PM PST  © Ben Blossom
 © Ben Blossom The focal point of the project is a concrete waffle shaped roof, which sits aloft the new living area. Its pre-fabricated peaks and troughs create trenches for rooftop planting, softening the volume, establishing a connection with the leafy surroundings and creating pleasing views from the floors above. From the garden, the roof trenches are out of sight, giving the immediate effect of a simple concrete slab, which contrasts with the texture of the original building.  © Ben Blossom The underside of the new roof is exposed to create the living room ceiling, its pronounced 'beams' created by the sunken roof planters above. The motion of the waffle ceiling creates a satisfying rhythm, which also offers a logical position for a substantial skylight that traverses the full width of the extension.  Section This strip of natural light illuminates the kitchen, which would otherwise be overcast by its position, set back within the footprint of the original house. Bureau de Change Director Billy Mavropoulos said: 'We wanted to create a volume, whose form would be meaningful both inside and out. Inside, the motion of the roof slab breaks up the minimal surfaces of living area. Outside, it creates appealing views through hollows and humps, which bring nature and concrete into immediate proximity.  © Ben Blossom Although the living and kitchen areas are open plan, a selective palette of materials has been used to visually define these spaces and create an atmospheric contrast. In the living area, the materiality of the ceiling is echoed in concrete flooring, which stretches to meet the threshold of the kitchen. There, it creeps up the face of the kitchen island and turns back on itself to create a sculptural addition, in the form of a breakfast bar.  Plan The boundary of the kitchen is marked graphically, by a transition into rich monochromatic blue that floods the surfaces of the space, including its resin floor. The concrete appears to force its way into the kitchen's footprint, creating a pathway around which the resin floor wraps. Within the kitchen, monolithic volumes have a masking effect, concealing ample storage on one side and a cloakroom on the other. This allows the monochrome quality of the space to take the lead. Door edges are cleaved back to create geometric insets, which form handles, and whose elongated shape are repeated on the ceiling to create embedded lighting.  © Ben Blossom Product Description. Although the living and kitchen areas are open plan, a selective palette of materials has been used to visually define these spaces and create an atmospheric contrast. In the living area, the materiality of the ceiling is echoed in concrete flooring, which stretches to meet the threshold of the kitchen. There, it creeps up the face of the kitchen island and turns back on itself to create a sculptural addition, in the form of a breakfast bar. The boundary of the kitchen is marked graphically, by a transition into rich monochromatic blue that floods the surfaces of the space, including its resin floor. The concrete appears to force its way into the kitchen's footprint, creating a pathway around which the resin floor wraps. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sonnesgade 11 / SLETH architects Posted: 24 Nov 2016 06:00 PM PST  © Rasmus Hjortshøj / C O A S
 © Rasmus Hjortshøj / C O A S As the city of Aarhus prepares for 2017, a number of urban districts are being transformed from industry to modern city districts. One of the main culture venues in 2017 will be Godsbanen - a new lively and cultural district on the old freight terminal area. The new mixed building by SLETH is situated nearby Godsbanen and reflects the transformation from industry to lively cultural urban district.  © Rasmus Hjortshøj / C O A S The starting point for the design of the new office building is an ambition to reuse and rethink spatial and material quality on the former industrial site. The new building is directly grounded on the original underground industrial constructions, which acts as the building's foundation.  © Rasmus Hjortshøj / C O A S The building consists of 3 stacked layers of 50 meters long office floors supported by a core wall. Underneath the office floors, where the sloping terrain defines an opening, the restaurant is located facing the street. The parking garage and a wine retailer is located under the sloping landscape. The building has a high degree of flexibility and interaction between the floors, which enhances the meeting situations between different users of the building. The individual floors are open, flexible working environments with the service functions integrated as a single architectural element in the eastern facade of the building.  © Rasmus Hjortshøj / C O A S  Axonometric  © Rasmus Hjortshøj / C O A S Around the building, the sloped asphalt terrain is forming the outdoor areas for terraces, bikes and gardens. The building´s expression is a collage of elements reflecting the surroundings with 6 facades creating a dialogue with the mixed vague context.  © Rasmus Hjortshøj / C O A S The project itself is a 1:1 realisation of the architecture and challenges of the office SLETH as both landowner, developer and architects – based on the potential of Sonnesgade.  Courtesy of SLETH architects Product Description. The building features a large range of standard industrial materials: glass, steel, concrete. As a contrast to the hard industrial materials, the custom made doors and furniture (both inside and outside) are done in oak and similar warm materials.  © Rasmus Hjortshøj / C O A S  © Rasmus Hjortshøj / C O A S This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 24 Nov 2016 02:00 PM PST  © Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners Inc.
 © Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners Inc. From the architect. Located in Ginza, which is the most renowned commercial district in Japan, and also facing a major junction Sukiyabashi Crossing, Tokyu Plaza Ginza is a large commercial building with a floor area of 50,000 sqm. The site sits at the connection point to Yurakucho and Hibiya disctrict, and can be described as "Gate of Ginza". Surrounded by roads on all sides, the project is a "1 block full development" which is a rare case in this district.  © Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners Inc.  1st Floor Plan  © Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners Inc. Based on the concept "Vessel of light", the building is designed as a glass "vessel" inspired by the Japanese traditional craft of glass cut "Edo Kiriko". In order to realize a commercial building which interacts with the city, the façade is mainly composed of glass. This reveals the inner activities to the city, and enables an urban feeling. On the other hand, the three-dimensional façade composition results in a diverse optical phenomenon derived from transmission and reflection of sunlight. The façade shows various expressions changing by time and weather. While attracting with a symbolic form, the reflection of surrounding cityscape and climate makes this architecture merge into the entire cityscape. The Tokyu Ginza Plaza is a harmonic addition to the urbanscape of Ginza.  © Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners Inc. Facade as urban phenomenon The facade of this Tokyu Plaza Ginza Building consists of three dimensional glass planes, which creates a delicate phenomenon of light reflection and transmission. In other words, the facade variously reflects the urban scenery, the interior commercial ambience, and the dynamic activities surrounding this building. By reconstituting these diverse scenic elements, the building facade transforms itself into an urban phenomenon. SSG was adopted so as not to expose the framing of the glass. Like a carved glass pattern seen on the surface of Edo Kiriko, the facade creates a large 3D diamond shaped pattern, which is 6 stories high and 500 mm deep. This large scale pattern of the façade makes the building stand out from the surrounding context. The unitized glass assembly is comprised of both low iron glass and heat reflective coated glass, in a way that emphasizes the three-dimensional profile of the building form. The low iron glass panel is treated with a 1mm ceramic dot pattern of gradient density. At night this plane is illuminated by light fixtures integrated into the interior aluminum mullions.  © Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners Inc. Elevated Public Space The KIRIKO LOUNGE is a public space situated at the middle level of the building, providing a broad view of the city. By its 27 meter high atrium, and the vantage point above the heavy traffic of the Sukiyabashi Crossing, the lounge opens up to the commercial activities of the city.  © Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners Inc. In the high density and limited spatial conditions of Ginza, such an open and elevated space offers an opportunity for people to gather, and create connection. The continuity between the architecture and urban context promotes the attractive nature of this city. This three dimensional interpretation of urban space will generate a new chance to produce activities not limited within the site but also involving the urban context.  © Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners Inc. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Yoga Pavilion at Four Seasons / IBUKU Posted: 24 Nov 2016 12:00 PM PST .jpg?1479934320 "Courtesy of IBUKU") Courtesy of IBUKU
.jpg?1479934308 "Courtesy of IBUKU") Courtesy of IBUKU  Courtesy of IBUKU Designing strength and flexibility. Set in a secluded valley at the Four Seasons in Sayan, the Dharma Shanti Yoga Pavilion feels at once soaring and grounded. The roof is a leaf that rests at the edge of the forest where the valley opens up to terraced rice fields and the river beyond.  Courtesy of IBUKU  Section  Courtesy of IBUKU We aspire to leave a light footprint while adding value to this space, and the beautiful setting demands a graceful relationship with nature. To prepare, the design team took an anti-gravity "flying yoga" class together, part of a research trip to get a feel for the practice.  Drawing "We put a lot of thought into how people move within the spaces we design, so in this case we had to swing upside down to understand it." —Elora Hardy, IBUKU Founder The key was to create a durable structure that will stand strong for decades. Strength, flexibility and vulnerability are qualities that yogis, bamboo, and our architects have in common. The IBUKU team designed the roof as a big leaf, keeping the structure dry and shaded. Balancing light and shade in the tropics is essential, so we aligned the roof to the West, allowing the last few rays of sunlight to shine through the space.  Detail "Bamboo is yoga in architecture. As a material, it has a flexibility that mirrors the practice of yoga, and a beauty and grace of form that people seek in yoga." —Eka Wiradana  Courtesy of IBUKU IBUKU Architect Eka Wiradana has been specializing in bamboo with the team for over six years, making him one of the most experienced bamboo architects in Asia This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 24 Nov 2016 11:00 AM PST  © Shingo Kanagawa
 © Shingo Kanagawa The project is a renovation of residential unit of an apartment in Kyoto, Japan. A three dimensional ceiling is designed to affect the perception of space and human physicality.  © Shingo Kanagawa The ceiling height changes gradually, from 2.63m at the living and dining room, to only 1.67m at the Japanese-style tearoom located in the deepest area. This lowest ceiling height is defined by human heights, and other three points were designed as high as possible in the limited existing structure. The geometry of the ceiling resembles to that of shell structure, and it gives feelings, even within a small residential unit, that your body becomes bigger/smaller. The perspectives in this house create the perception of physical extension and contraction.  Plan Round-shaped lightings are placed on the warping ceiling. They have all different sizes, from 300mm to 1500mm radius, and cast indirect lights reflected by the mirror embedded, creating the effect of erasing the ceiling edges. It also makes the feeling that you have another space above the ceiling.  © Shingo Kanagawa  © Shingo Kanagawa Ceilings and lightings are generally unconscious part of human perception. But this small intervention enhances your physical perception thus the richness of life.  © Shingo Kanagawa This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Acute House / OOF! architecture Posted: 24 Nov 2016 09:00 AM PST  © Nic Granleese
 © Nic Granleese From the architect. Acute House is the transformation of a 'renovator's nightmare' into a compact 21st century family home. The severe limitations of a tiny, very triangular site and the demanding heritage context have resulted in a pointy new wedge of house that is designed to exploit its problems.  © Nic Granleese The original, and extremely decrepit, Victorian weatherboard cottage had become impossible to inhabit but was well loved by the neighbourhood as well as its new owners.  © Nic Granleese We tried to retain its weathered character by re-using as much original fabric as possible from warped weatherboards and fence palings to random accumulations such as door knobs, vents and street numbers. Like fragile museum artefacts, these were carefully removed, labelled, stored and re-installed in their original location on a new mount that not only highlights their charms by contrast but allows the house to live again in a new way  © Nic Granleese Tight  © Nic Granleese Virtual Gardening  Ground Floor Plan  1st Floor Plan  3rd Floor Plan Heritage-ous-ness + Context  © Nic Granleese Product Description. The metal cladding provides a sharp, smooth and precise contrast to the fragile weathered-timber cladding. The fragile timbers of the old house were particularly precious as they demonstrated one of the great, but often unloved, talents of timber - the ability to show age. The raw, weather-beaten boards and barely-there flaking paint demonstrate a different sort of timber beauty: a unique record of the life and times of a 100 year old house. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 24 Nov 2016 07:00 AM PST  © Timothy Hursley
 © Timothy Hursley It's okay. The Manzeum is not intended as social commentary. It is a structure focused on play, art, and good times. The proverbial 'napkin sketch' becomes reality in this collaborative design, fabrication, and construction project where the artistic metalworks of the owner and modern designs of the architect merge seamlessly into an evolved Ozark aesthetic.  © Timothy Hursley  Plan (Sketch)  © Timothy Hursley The Manzeum is part of a multi-phased project in an ongoing collaboration derived from the energetic and artistic minds of the owners and the editorial will of the architect. The current master plan plunges the Manzeum addition toward the developing landscape of the 20 acre site. The central roundabout is the primary orienting device for all the constructed elements on the site. The center is marked by a stacked concrete totem, foreshadowing of the intriguing and artistic follies to be discovered throughout the property.  © Timothy Hursley The 'working drawings' are a collection of sketches and technical shop drawings (the second and third cousins to the napkins sketch) produced by the architect and owner alike. The meat of the design strategies and details were hashed out in real time on the site between owner, architect, and fabricators.  Diagram (Sketch) The existing rustic studio + workshop is transformed in to a strong, modern form that unites with the raw agricultural base of the original spaces. The strong and raw palette of concrete, steel, and cedar are extensively intertwined. The 'big dumb wood box' concept is the organizing element in a patchwork of naturally weathering and painted steel. A dual personality exposure between tectonic workshop space and entertainment space is created, crafted, embellished, and enjoyed. Old versus new is continually merged on the interior spaces while the new fire pit terrace provides steel containment as the overall structure is carved into the evolving landscape.  © Timothy Hursley Product Description. The owner is a metal fabricator and craftsman. Everything in this project is completely custom and fabricated by the owner and his team. There were no products specified. The entire project was built from a few sketches and a close collaboration between owner and architect.  Elevation (Sketch)  © Timothy Hursley  Diagram (Sketch) This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| CEBRA to Design Green-Roofed, Underground Visitor Center in Southern Denmark Posted: 24 Nov 2016 06:00 AM PST  Courtesy of CEBRA Architects CEBRA Architects has won the competition to design the Skamlingsbanken Visitor Center near Sjølund in Southern Denmark. At 113 meters above sea level, Skamlingsbanken is the highest point in South Jutland and historically has been an important meeting place, serving as the backdrop for some of Denmark's key historical public speeches. The new visitor center is posited as a way to restore this historic importance, and once again make Skamlingsbanken a local meeting place.  Courtesy of CEBRA Architects The center features an earth berm and green roof, blending into the rolling landscape. Inside, the building will feature a cafe and teaching center, alongside a permanent exhibition based around the concept of "Nature and voices that unify." The exhibition will offer visitors the chance to listen to "voices of advocates for the Danish language, front-runners of the feminist movement and the atmosphere of victory after the ending of WWII," explains CEBRA in a press release.  Courtesy of CEBRA Architects "In our proposal, the center becomes an integrated part of the landscape," said Carsten Primdahl, architect and founding partner at CEBRA, in a press release. "Landscape and exhibition melt together in an architecture that frames, stages and articulates the natural surroundings, and where the visitor experiences a both contemplative and sensuous connection to the area and its history."  Courtesy of CEBRA Architects In addition to its educational functions, the center will also serve as a "gateway to the landscape," acting as the starting point for a variety of hiking routes. These routes will also feature a series of new destinations which transmit information about the historic landscape surrounding Skamlingsbanken.
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| Atelier VC / Vázquez Consuegra Posted: 24 Nov 2016 05:00 AM PST  © Fernando Alda
 © Fernando Alda The building is part of a group of houses built in the eighteenth century in the district of Arenal, outside the ancient city walls, facing the medieval shipyards and next to the river Guadalquivir. Consisted of two floors and mezzanine, while the lower destined to storage, the higher to owner’s house.  © Fernando Alda The house aim of the intervention has a very elongated, substantially rectangular plan with two long party walls called “medianeros”, and facades to Calle Dos de Mayo and Calle San Diego.  Axonometric Before his recovery the house was divided into two dwellings by a thick wall parallel to the main façade and was in a state of total ruin, to which survived only his two facades. Inside the house a series of double arches supported by robust stone columns (some from Roman times) defined their internal space.  © Fernando Alda Therefore, the only constructive elements that have been incorporated into the project have been the facades, the party walls and the arches, to which the addiction of a new one replacing the old bearing wall, enabled the construction of a single space.  © Fernando Alda The key decisions can be summarized in just two: building a narrow services strip (ladder, lift, toilets, storage, etc) resting on one of the party walls; and opening a skylight overhead flooding the whole space with natural light, from the deck to the ground floor.  © Fernando Alda Natural light hence becomes the main subject that builds the interior, smooth and continuous, intimate and introverted space.  © Fernando Alda The new construction is solved with metal structure left in sight, in which pillars and lightened metal slabs define and organize the different spaces while draw a subtle and delicate calligraphy that contrasts with the presence of preexisting thick walls.  © Fernando Alda This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| What Motivates and Inspires UN Studio's Ben Van Berkel? Posted: 24 Nov 2016 04:30 AM PST Last week ArchDaily attended the 2016 World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Berlin. Following his opening keynote address, we talked to Ben van Berkel of UN Studio who spoke of his interest in using technology in architecture to improve not only user experience, but to affect qualitative aspects of design itself. Together with his partner Caroline Bos, Van Berkel recently published Knowledge Matters, a book positioned "to help architects to run a better studio and to share knowledge."
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| OMA Announced as "Creative Mediators" for Manifesta 12 in Palermo Posted: 24 Nov 2016 03:30 AM PST OMA, led by partner Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, have been chosen as the "Creative Mediators" for the 12th edition of Manifesta, which will be held in Palermo in 2018. The practice will assemble an interdisciplinary team to investigate the role of governance in the Italian city, and address how contemporary urban centers are affected by tourism, gentrification, migration and climate change. They will also work "with specialists from the fields of contemporary art, sociology, music, cinema and architecture" to develop a series of "interactive, interdisciplinary, performative and artistic interventions." The previous incarnation of Manifesta, which took place this year in Zurich, enabled a group of Swiss students to design a floating pavilion on Lake Zurich. The Mayor of Palermo (who has held the position twice before), Leoluca Orlando, has said: "After being listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, with its Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale, Palermo has confirmed its nomadic and migrant vocation." He expects [Manifesta 12 "to be another milestone in the development path of Palermo; a social and economic enhancement based on culture and the arts, addressing the issue of human mobility." Pestellini Laparelli, himself Sicilian-born, most notably developed the Monditalia exhibition as part of OMA/AMO at the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale. "In the current political climate," he has said, "Palermo's history and character make[s] it the ideal laboratory to re-imagine, from a Mediterranean perspective, the liberal values we share, and to address crucial issues for the present and future of the European city." The concept for Manifesta 12 and the team of specialists will be announced beginning of 2017. News via OMA This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Beach House / Cibinel Architecture Posted: 24 Nov 2016 03:00 AM PST  © Jerry Grajewski
 © Jerry Grajewski Fully exposed to spectacular sunsets and impressive thunderstorms, the Beach House embraces the prairie skies and changing waterscapes. This 2,000-square foot residence was designed to echo the stone and wood cottage vernacular of this beachside community. Harmonizing with the surrounding landscape, cedar and fir were used both inside and out, and emit the natural aesthetic of an age-old building material.  © Jerry Grajewski With a playfulness of scale, low rooflines introduce the visitor to lofty interior spaces that celebrate a panoramic view and an ocean-like horizon line of water and sky. The interior is extended outward across the deck with a wall of windows that open to create what feels more like a screened-in porch with a dramatic roof overhang and the summer breeze sweeping through it.  © Jerry Grajewski  Plan  © Jerry Grajewski Adorned with Western Red Cedar, roof planes transition to wall surfaces. Horizontal siding clads the front and back facades as a subtle twist on traditional shiplap planking of surrounding cottages. The cedar was left exposed to allow the wood to silver with age.  © Jerry Grajewski The interior further showcases the versatility of wood design applications but also introduces an aesthetic of raw steel and concrete: solid fir roof beams are anchored with custom steel rafter ties; and a board-formed concrete feature wall is constructed with a built-in staircase and fireplace.  © Jerry Grajewski Product Description. Western Red Cedar was selected for its top-performing durability, structural ingenuity and relatively low maintenance. The No.1 Blue Ribbon, Perfection, CCA treated, 18" Western Red Cedar, resquared & rebutted (R&R) shingles and horizontal 1" x 4" boards used on the exterior of the Beach House were not finished with a paint or stain to allow the wood to silver with age, conveying a subtle, modern twist on traditional ship plank of the surrounding cottages.  © Jerry Grajewski This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| How Denmark's $1.2 Billion Cutback Forces Architecture Schools to Rethink Their Priorities Posted: 24 Nov 2016 02:30 AM PST  © Ariana Zilliacus 18 June 2015: Denmark has a new right wing government. A couple of months later, despite student protests in front of city hall, the new government declares a decision to cut 8.7 billion Danish kroner (over $1.2 billion US) from education in Denmark, effectively cutting nearly 30 million kroner (around $4 million US) from the Danish Royal Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (KADK). The result? 31 employees have been laid off this month; the student body is to be reduced by 30% over the coming years; 4 masters courses in architecture are being discontinued within the next 4 years; and 6 bachelor programs, 7 special programs and one entire institute in the Design School are being terminated. Teaching is being refocused towards technology and the professional sphere, but will this really improve the prospects of fresh architecture graduates, as they claim? Is it more important to challenge, or to adapt? .jpg?1479663501 "© Ariana Zilliacus") © Ariana Zilliacus These changes in architectural education are being titled "A New Focused KADK; A plan of action to secure more graduates jobs, faster." This is the brief, the challenge, being set by the Danish government in a country where education, including the 5 years necessary to become an architect, is free for all. However, the unemployment rate of designers and architects in Denmark was double the average of all other graduates of higher education between 2008 and 2012.[1] Is there a consensus in the government that Denmark is not getting value for money when it comes to architecture graduates? Does this skepticism extend beyond this small Scandinavian nation? Are we simply doing it wrong? .jpg?1479663581 "© Ariana Zilliacus") © Ariana Zilliacus One of the major changes awaiting the architecture school is a mandatory internship over one semester, cutting out the option of an exchange during one's Bachelor period. Anne Romme, Head of the Bachelor Program at the Institute of Culture at KADK, says that this decision "is probably a good one." She continues to explain: "One could also discuss the question, because it directly cuts away a very fruitful and valuable semester out of a ten semester education; but if we do it in the right way, I think it can become a good thing that opens up our minds and sends students out to all corners of the profession and the world, and brings back new impressions. I think it's probably going to be a very positive thing, we just have to do it in the right way."  © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/danmarksdesignskole/7008594825/'>Flickr user danmarksdesignskole</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> The vocational direction that the school is taking is an attempt to answer to the demands placed by the government. The possible advantages that await are obvious: higher employment rates, and architects that are better prepared for a life in the profession. On the other hand, the architectural discipline could begin to go down a less desired path. "It's very important to remember this balance between educating people directly for the profession, as if it was a kind of conveyor belt where we spit out people who hopefully fit into the 'sharper,' 'better,' front running part of the profession, but also our role in pushing the profession to new places," says Romme. "It's a balance. Architecture is a profession, but it's certainly also a discipline, which is much more grounded in long-term questions and proposals. It's not so concerned with which computer program is the 'hottest' right now... or what the big architecture firms in Denmark need right now; we need to tell them what they need."  © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/danmarksdesignskole/7929210586/'>Flickr user danmarksdesignskole</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> It's undeniable that this change in Denmark's most well known architecture school, the starting point for many well-known architects such as Bjarke Ingels and Henning Larsen, will affect the evolution of the entire architecture discipline in Denmark; and who knows what it could do to the profession beyond Danish borders? Will it dampen exploration, in favor of safety?  © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/danmarksdesignskole/7929195960/'>Flickr user danmarksdesignskole</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> Young architecture students have responded to the Administration's decisions with critical retaliation, albeit with minimal success. Yet Romme is positive: "There's a lot of disagreement in the school whether this is the right decision, but luckily enough that's good for schools: disagreement." Hopefully this process will give birth to greater architects than ever. We'll have to wait and see. References:
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| Norman Foster Selected To Remodel Museo del Prado Hall of Realms in Spain Posted: 24 Nov 2016 01:05 AM PST  © Foster + Partners According to Spanish media outlet El País, Foster + Partners and Rubio Arquitectura have won an international ideas competition to design the new addition of the Museo del Prado in Madrid. The team beat 47 other participants, including firms such as Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos, OMA, and Souto Moura Arquitectos, and will be in charge of the renovation and transformation of the Salón de Reinos. El País reports that the project will cost €30 million and will "provide a large atrium to access the building’s south façade." This "will lead to an exhibition space on the first story," while also making the park and surrounding site more pedestrian friendly.  © Foster + Partners During a press conference, the Spanish Minister of Culture, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, announced that construction will begin in 2019 to coincide with the bicentennial of the museum's founding. The Museo del Prado is not only one of Spain's most important museums but also enjoys international recognition and acclaim.  © Foster + Partners News via El País This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Parking Silo & Business Hive / TANK Architectes Posted: 24 Nov 2016 01:00 AM PST _Julien_Lanoo__(13).jpg?1479978877 "© Julien Lanoo") © Julien Lanoo
_TANK_Architectes__(18).jpg?1479979016 "Courtesy of TANK Architectes") Courtesy of TANK Architectes From the architect. The hive of small enterprises is located in the heart of the site La Tossée in Tourcoing (North of France). The program brings together a hive of innovative textile companies and a 450-spaces-silo parking. The two programs are combined within a single entity. _Julien_Lanoo__(4).jpg?1479978671 "© Julien Lanoo") © Julien Lanoo The medium-term mutability of the parking in a tertiary program is made possible by a peripheral-honeycomb-structure releasing trays of all bearing points. The project builds on both flagships of the industrial revolution and textile industry to federate a context carried by a blend of history and innovation. _Julien_Lanoo__(2).jpg?1479978688 "© Julien Lanoo") © Julien Lanoo  Plan 1 _TANK_Architectes__(5).jpg?1479978740 "Courtesy of TANK Architectes") Courtesy of TANK Architectes Product Description. - The filling of the cast-in-place concrete cells is achieved by a two-level curtain wall façade consisting of a frame of the WICONA - MECANO 2 range, with WICLINE 65 hinged windows.  Detail The filling of the non-glazed parts is made with insulating sandwich panels composed of an exterior face of ALUCOBOND - Natural Line 401 and an inside face made of rough galvanized sheet, separated by a rock wool of 30mm. _Julien_Lanoo__(20).jpg?1479978943 "© Julien Lanoo") © Julien Lanoo This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 11 Stunning Axonometric Drawings of Iconic Chilean Architecture Posted: 24 Nov 2016 12:00 AM PST
As the birthplace of our most recent Pritzker Prize winner, Alejandro Aravena, Santiago, Chile is full of iconic architecture. Because many of these buildings are situated in busy urban areas, their superior design is easy to miss. In an effort to encourage viewers to slow down and appreciate the volume, facades, context, and function of these urban landmarks, Benjamin Oportot and Alexandra Gray of San Sebastian University guided their 4th-year students in producing axonometric drawings of 11 buildings. The project centered on medium-sized office buildings built between 1989 and 2015, particularly focusing on their use of reinforced concrete. 1. Transoceánica Building / +arquitectos  Courtesy of Universidad San Sebastián The design of this building, made to be the headquarters for Transoceánica companies, is based as a part of the implementation of an energy efficiency system aimed at reducing consumption, improving the quality of workspaces and adopting a respectful attitude towards the environment. (Extract from project report) Transoceánica Building / +arquitectos 2. Ministry of Social Development Headquarters / Undurraga Devés Arquitectos  Courtesy of Universidad San Sebastián The new building for the Ministry of Social Development is placed in a complex site. On the one side, the church of Santa Ana, one of the most beautiful expressions of religious architecture of the twentieth century in Chile, and on the other, the North-South freeway, one of the largest urban interventions of the 70s that divides Santiago's city center in two. (Extract of Project Report) Ministry of Social Development Headquarters / Undurraga Devés Arquitectos 3. CCU Building / +arquitectos-Tuca Arqs-Flaño-Tuca-ADN  Courtesy of Universidad San Sebastián In addition to taking advantage the building's capacity for diverse uses and services as well as its design and structural advantages, we found that a parallelepiped element, similar to many great examples of quality architecture that we reviewed (SAS Building, United Nations in NY, Mies buildings Van der Rohe, and many others), would keep the building from wearing out or boring easily, thanks to its austerity and repetition. (Extract of Project Report) Edificio Corporativo CCU - +arquitectos / +arquitectos + Tuca Arqs + ADN + Flaño + Nuñez 4. Cruz del Sur Building / Izquierdo-Lehmann  Courtesy of Universidad San Sebastián The towers are seen from below. The triumph of structure over gravity becomes all the more perceptible and manifest the closer we get to the raised mass, until completely vanishing from our visual range; And the estimation of the dimensions changes with a sensation of danger, as in vertigo. (Extract of Project Report) Cruz del Sur Building / Izquierdo Lehmann 5. Resiter Office Building / Raimundo Lira Arquitectos  Courtesy of Universidad San Sebastián The building was designed so that both volumes are harmonic and are understood asbeing part of a set, with the same cubic volume language from the existing building, a treatment of controlled openings, interior gaps and a new coating material on the facade that respects the color of the existing building's tone and weight. (Extract of Project Report) Resiter Office Building / Raimundo Lira Arquitectos 6. Innovation Center UC - Anacleto Angelini / Alejandro Aravena | ELEMENTAL  Courtesy of Universidad San Sebastián Our proposal consisted of designing a building where we could demonstrate at least 4 forms of work: a double entry matrix in which one part contained formal and informal work, and the other, individual and collective work. On top of that, it has always seemed to us that face-to-face contact is unparalleled when it comes to creating knowledge. That is why we made plenty of places where people can come together throughout the building (Extract of Project Report) Innovation Center UC - Anacleto Angelini / Alejandro Aravena | ELEMENTAL 7. Manantiales Building / Izquierdo-Lehmann-Lira-Peñafiel  Courtesy of Universidad San Sebastián We wanted to project the building as a simple and clear volume, mainly consisting of a regular parallelepiped shaped, 17 story tower that falls directly to the ground on an open corner facing a plaza, and partially encompassed by a shorter and closed 10 story volume on the opposite two sides facing the existing buildings on the interior the block. (Extract of Project Report) Manantiales Building / Izquierdo Lehmann Arquitectos 8. AryS Building / Peñafiel Arquitectos  Courtesy of Universidad San Sebastián The clients made a special request. They asked us for a building that would not look like an office tower and that it would be more "like a house". Trying to figure out what this might mean, we started off with the office tower. What they didn't want was the typical glass building with all its side being the same and that could be anywhere in the world. A building where the interior was connected to the outside only by the sense of sight. (Extract of Project Report) ARyS House / Peñafiel Arquitectos 9. Costanera Lyon Building / Simonetti-Stewart  Courtesy of Universidad San Sebastián We were looking for a single mass that was easy to heat or cool without the need to add layers or use up a lot of energy. For our first mold, like a prototype, we started with the archetypal image of a solid cube and with systematically organized openings. Then we stretched the openings vertically, breaking any relationship between the location of the spans and the number of floors of the building. (Extract of Project Report) Costanera Lyon / Eugenio Simonetti + Renato Stewart 10. Nueva Vitacura Building / Klotz-Alvano-Riquelme  Courtesy of Universidad San Sebastián Managing this project linked real estate developers and the architects, working together on the questions that would let both parties get what they wanted. It contains four levels of parking, two levels of commercial spaces and another 12 floors of offices. (Extract of Project Report) Edificio de Vitacura / Renzo Alvano, Pablo Riquelme, Mathias Klotz 11. El Golf Building / Izquiero-Lehmann-Lira-Peñafiel  Courtesy of Universidad San Sebastián We were entering into in the urban context of formal and volumetric chaos, so we wanted to define the body of the building as a regular parallelepiped with a symmetrical structure, determined by a reasonable optimization of the constructibility of the ground within the parameters established by current ordinances. (Extract of Project Report) This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| These Amazing Kitchens Will Up Your Thanksgiving Game Posted: 23 Nov 2016 10:00 PM PST  In the spirit of Thanksgiving, ArchDaily looks back to present a compilation of the most stunning kitchens we've covered in the last year. While it may be a bit too late for this year, read on to get some inspiration for perfecting your feast and amaze your guests in 2017.  © Raymond Chao Weekend House in Downtown São Paulo / spbr arquitetos  © Nelson Kon Town House in Antwerp / Scup[IT]  © Luc Roymans Slanted House / Budi Pradono Architects  © Fernando Gomulya LANDHAUS / Thomas Kröger Architekt  © Thomas Heimann House for Hermes / Andrew Simpson Architects  © Peter Bennetts Skylight House / Andrew Burges Architects  © Peter Bennetts S. Mamede House / Aires Mateus  © Ricardo Oliveira Alves  © Hiroshi Ueda J House / Pitsou Kedem Architects  © Amit Geron Tenhachi House / .8 Tenhachi Architect & Interior Design  © Akihide Mishima  © Hey!Cheese  © Filip Dujardin  © Peter van der Knoop Church Conversion into a Residence / Linc Thelen Design + Scrafano Architects  © Jim Tschetter Weston House / Antonio Maciá Mateu  © David Frutos House P / Yonder - Architektur Und Design  © Rena Lorenz See more of our favorite kitchens on the ArchDaily Pinterest board. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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